BATON ROUGE — An early Friday morning fire along Tennessee Street is being investigated as arson by the Baton Rouge Fire Department.

Crews responded to the house fire around 1:47 a.m. to find the front of the home and carport engulfed in flames. Two adults and five children were outside, having escaped without injury, BRFD said.

The flames were contained to the front rooms of the home and the fire was placed under control by 2:05 a.m.